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Sunday, September 6, 1998 Published at 14:08 GMT 15:08 UK


World: Asia-Pacific

Akira Kurosawa Filmography

Kurosawa's 'The Seven Samurai' became the model for the Hollywood western The Magnificent Seven

  • Sugata Sanshiro (1943)

  • The Most Beautiful (1944)

  • Sanshiro Sugata 2 (1945)

  • The Men Who Step on the Tiger's Tail (1945)

  • No Regrets for our Youth (1946)

  • One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

  • Drunken Angel (1948)

  • The Quiet Duel (1949)

  • Stray Dog (1949)

  • Scandal (1950)

  • Rashomon (1950)

    Wins the 'Golden Lion' at the 1951 Venice Film Festival and the Oscar for the Best Foreign Film in 1952.

  • The Idiot (1951)

  • Ikiru (1952)

  • Seven Samurai (1954)

    Wins the 'Silver Lion' at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.

  • Record of a Living Being (1955)

  • The Throne of Blood (1957)

  • The Lower Depths (1957)

  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)

  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

  • Yojimbo (1961)

  • Sanjuro (1962)

  • High and Low (1963)

  • Red Beard (1965)

  • Dodeskaden (1970)

  • Dersu Uzala (1975)

    Wins the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and his second Oscar for the Best Foreign Film in 1976.

  • Kagemusha (1980)

    Co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.

  • Ran (1985)

    Wins special award for achievement in the Cannes Film Festival.

    America's National Society of Film Critics names it 'Best Picture of the Year'.

  • Dreams (1990)

    Wins honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1990.

  • Rhapsody in August (1991)

  • Madadayo (1993)




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